Frutti Extra Bursaspor retained most of the big parts of the roster that carried the team to last season’s 7DAYS EuroCup Championship Game. But it was two of the new faces who shined brightest in the club’s return to the Slovenian capital to take on Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana to start the 2022-23 season.
New faces shined in Bursaspor’s return to Ljubljana



Anthony Clemmons scored 20 points and Yigitcan Saybir poured in 19 points as Bursaspor registered a 73-81 victory over Cedevita in a rematch of the quarterfinals that the road team also won at the Arena Stozice 83-85 in late April.
<br> Derek Needham, David Dudzinski, Onuralp Bitim, Omer Al and Tarik Sezgun areall back from the fairy tale Bursaspor team from last season.
Head coach Dusan Alimpijevic knew he would need new pieces to help come close to matching last season’s success and Clemmons and Saybir showed in Round 1 that they were good choices. Clemmons is entering his third EuroCup season after playing previously with AS Monaco and Turk Telekom Ankara.
Saybir showed already in his first EuroCup with Bursaspor more than he did in his six Turkish Airlines EuroLeague appearances with Anadolu Efes Istanbul over four seasons, during which he totaled 2 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 19 minutes. Against Cedevita, the 23-year-old forward - who was a part of the back-to-back EuroLeague title-winners - added 4 rebounds and 2 assists to his 19 points in 31 minutes.
<br> Another newcomer to Bursaspor this season is Zach Auguste, who was actually in the quarterfinals game last season as he collected 13 points and 3 rebounds for Cedevita. This time around, Auguste had 5 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks - for the winners.




























































































